Adhesive-supplying mechanism.



No. 814,414 PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906. O. TYBERG 8LT. G. C. MANTLE.

ADHESIVE SUPPLYING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED $31 124. 1901. RENEWED JULY 7, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLUF TYBERG AND JOSEPH G. O. MANTLE, OF NEW YORK. N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO RUFUS L. PATTERSON AND GEORGE ARENTS, J R., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADHESIVE-SUPPLYING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iratented March 6, 1906.

To (tZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLUF TYBERG and JOSEPH G. O. MANTLE, citizens of the United States, and residents of N ew. York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adhesive-Supplying Mechanisms, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in adhesive-supplying mechanism, and more particularly to mechanism which supplies the adhesive for retaining inclosing wrappers in positionsuch, for instance, as the wrappers of cigars.

The adhesive-supplying devices now ordinarily employed in cigar-machines may be divided generally into two classes. In the first of these classes the end of the wrapper before it is wound about the bunch passes over the mouth of a fountain or well, the adhesive being smeared upon the wrapper as it moves across the mouth of the well. In the second class of constructions, which is more generally employed with machines which make cigars with one end closed, the adhes'ive is supplied to the wrapper as it is wound on the bunch by devices which deposit a quantity of adhesive at a single point, the adhesive being distributed over the surface to which it is to be applied by the pressure on In this second class of devices the adhesive is liable to be supplied in a larger quantity than is necessary, and, furthermore, it is difiicult to control the spreading action. It is of course obvious that in spreading the adhesive it should be caused to move toward the extreme tip of the bunch, so as to be always beneath the wrapper. In the practical operation of the devices referred to, however, the adhesive is liable to spread in both directions, thus smearing the outside of the wrapper and causing the interior of the tip forming devices to become sticky and foul.

In an application of Oluf Tyberg filed August 27, 1901, and serially numbered 73,410 there is described a mechanism for supplying adhesive to cigars or to other articles which are to be inclosed in a wrapper, the construction operatingto supply the adhesive at a plurality of separated points alongthe bunch.

One of the objects of the present invention is to produce adhesive-supplying mechanism which will supply the adhesive at separated points along the article to be wrapped and which accomplishes this result by a simpler construction than that set forth in the application above referred to.

A further object of the invention is to produce an improved form of adhesive-supplying mechanism which shall also embody an improved form of adhesive-forcing means.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations, as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. 4

In the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1 is a plan View of an adhesivesupplying mechanism constructed in accordance with the invention, said mechanism be ing shown in connection with the tipformer or header of a cigar-machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the position of the observer being indicated by the arrow 2 in said figure. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the position of the observer being indicated by the arrow 3 in said figure. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional plan view illustrating certain parts of the construction.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, 1 indicates a portion of the frame of a cigar-machine. To this frame is secured a bracket 2, which serves to support a frame 41, which is shown as generally rectangular in form. This frame is or may be cast in one piece with the bracket 2. In the construction which has been selected to illustrate the invention the improved adhesive supplying devices are shown in connection with the header of a cigar-machine, the lower headenblock, which is indicated at 3, being illustrated as supported on the rectangular frame 41.

In the form of the construction shown the adhesive is applied to that portion of the cigar-bunch or between the wrapper and that portion of the bunch which is contained in the header, and in the preferred construction it will be applied at a plurality ofseparated points. To this end the header is supplied to be applied at a plurality of separated points,

with a suitable orifice or, when the adhesive is with a plurality of such orifices. In the construction shown four such orifices (marked 42, 43, 44, and 45) are shown, although the number of these orifices may of course be varied. When, as shown, a plurality of orifices are employed, they will preferably be arranged lengthwise of the header. These orifices communicate with an adhesive-containing chamber which, as shown, is formed in the lower header-block, said chamber consisting of two parts, (marked 46 and 47, respectively,) said parts, as shown,being parallel to each other and being connected by a cross-passage 48. The chamber communicates with a conduit 49,formed in the bracket 41, said conduit being clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and one end thereof be ing supplied with a nipple 50, which is in communication through a supply-pipe (not shown) with an adhesive-containing reservoir which is preferably so arranged that the adhesive is supplied to the conduit under pressure.

Suitable means, which may vary widely in construction, are employed for controlling the fiow of adhesive from the chamber through the orifices 42, 43, 44, and 45. In the construction shown these means comprise a hollow rotary valve 51, said valve being provided with ports 52, which are preferably arranged spirally, so that the orifices will be opened successively. Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the valve. As shown,'the valve-stem 53 is provided with a pinion 54, the end of said stem being supported in a bracket 55, which is or may be supported by the frame 41. The pinion 54 meshes with a gear-wheel 56, the shaft of which extends through and is supported by the bracket 55. Any suitable means maybe employed for rotating the gearwheel 56. As shown, the shaft of the gearwheel 56 is provided with a ratchet-wheel 57, which is or may be formed in one piece with the shaft. Loosely mounted on the shaft of the gear-wheel 56 is a hub 58, said hub serving to support an arm 59, to which a pawl 60 is pivoted, said pawl being held in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 57 by means of a spring 61. Any suitable means may be employed for rocking the pawl-carrying arm. As shown, the end of the arm opposite to that to which the pawl is secured is provided with a roller or boss 62, which is in the path of one of the arms 63 of a bell crank lever 63 64, pivoted at 65 to an exten sion of the frame 41. The arm 64 is so arranged as to be struck by any suitable moving part of the cigar-machine. With the construction so far described it is obvious that as the valve is rotated the orifices 42, 43, 44, and 45 will be opened in succession, and the adhesive issuing from them will be applied at separated points which lie in a spiral line around the end of the bunch.

In the preferred form of the construction an adhesive-forcing means will be employed, but it may be varied widely in construction. As shown, a piston 66 is provided, which reciprocates across the mouth of the conduit 49, said piston fitting closely in the part 46 of the adhesive-containing chamber. While the forcing mechanism may be operated by any suitable means, it will preferably be operated from the devices which control the fiow of the adhesive to the bunch. In the construction shown the piston 66 is provided with a pin 67, which engages with a suitable cam 68, mounted on the valve-stem 53. As the stem rotates the piston is given a reciprocating movement across the mouth of the conduit and acts to admit the adhesive into the chamber and force it from the chamber through the orifices 42, 43, 44, and 45 or any of them that are opened by the valve.

While, as has been before indicated, a plurality of orifices will preferably be employed and these orifices are opened in succession, it is to be understood that under some circum stances a single orifice might be used in connection with the improved forcing mechan ism. While, furthermore, when a plurality of orifices are employed the means for controlling them will preferably be arranged to open them in succession, it is to be understood that they may all be opened simultaneously, if desired, or they may be opened in sets. Various other changes and modifications in the construction may be made without departing from the principle of the invention. While, furthermore, the invention is primarily intended for use in connection with cigar-machines, it is to be understood that it may be used in other relations. The invention is not, therefore, to be confined to the specific use described nor to the specific constructions hereinbefore set forth, as it may be embodied in other forms of construction.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination with a wrapper-a plying means, of an adhesive-containing 0 amber, an outlet-orifice in communication with said chamber, means for opening and closing the orifice, and an adhesive-forcing device independent of said opening and closing means and operated therefrom, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a wrapperapplying means, of an adhesive-containing chamber, a plurality of orifices in communication therewith, means for opening and closing theorifices, and a forcing mechanism independent of said opening and closing means and operated therefrom, substantially as de scribed.

3. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesive-containing chamber, a lurality of orifices in communication therewith, means for successively opening and closing said orifices, and a forcing mechanism operated from said opening and closing means, substantially as described.

4. The combination witn means for applying a wrapper to a cigar-bunch, of an adhesive-containing chamber, a plurality of ori-- tion with said orifices, a valve for opening and closing said orifices, and a forcing-piston operated from said valve, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices in its walls, of an adhesive-containing chamber in communica tion with said orifices, a valve for successively opening and closing the orifices, and a forcing mechanism operated from said valve, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices in its walls, of an adhesive-containing chamber in communication with said orifices, a valve for successively opening and closing the orifices, and a forcing-piston operated. from said valve, substantially as described. I

9. The combination with a cigar-header having an orifice in its Wall, of a rotating valve for opening and closing the orifice, and a forcing mechanism operated from the valve, substantially as described.

10. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices in its walls, of a rotating valve for successively opening and closing the orifices, substantially as described.

11. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices in its walls, of a rotating valve for successively opening and closing the orifices, and a forcing mechanism operated from said valve, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesive containing chamber, an orifice in communication withsaid chamber, means for opening and closing the orifice, a conduit supplying adhesive to the chamber, and a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, said piston being independent of the opening and closing means, substantially as described.

13. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesivecontaining chamber, a plurality of orifices in communication with said chamber, means for opening and closing the orifices, a conduit supplying adhesive to the chamber, and a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit. said piston being independent of the opening and closing means, substantially as described.

14. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesive containing chamber, an orifice in communication with said chamber, means for opening and closing the orifice a conduit supplying adhesive to the chamber, a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, and operating connections between the piston and the means for opening and closing the orifice, substantially as described.

15. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesive containing chamber, a plurality of orifices in communication with said chamber, means for opening and closing the orifices, a conduit supplying adhesive to the chamber, a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, and operating connections between the piston and the means for opening and closing the orifices, substantially as described.

16. The combination with a wrapper-applying means, of an adhesive containing chamber, a plurality of orifices in communication with said chamber, means for successively opening and closing the orifices, a conduit supplying adhesive to the chamber, a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, and operating connections between the piston and the means for opening and closing the orifices, substantially as described.

17. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication therewith, a hollow valve rotating in said cham ber and having spirally-arranged ports for registering with the orifices, and means for rotating the valve, substantially as described.

18. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication therewith, a hollow valve rotating in said chamber and having spirally-arranged ports for registering with the orifices, means for rotating the valve, and a forcing mechanism operated from the valve, substantially as described.

19. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication with the orifices, a hollow valve located in the chamber and having a plurality of spirallyarranged ports for registering with the orifices, a piston working in the chamber, means for rotating the valve, and operating connections between the piston. and the valve, sub stantially as described.

20. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication with the orifices, a hollow valve located in the chamber and having a plurality of spirallyarranged ports for registering with the orifices, a piston working in the chamber, a cam on the stem of the valve, means whereby the cam operates the piston, and means for rotating the valve, substantially as described.

21. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication with the orifices, a hollow valve rotating in said chamber and having a plurality of spirallyarranged ports for registering with the orifices, a conduit for supplying adhesive to the chamber, a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, a cam on the stem of the valve, connections between the cam and the piston, and means for rotating the valve, substantially as described.

22. The combination with a cigar-header having a plurality of orifices, of an adhesivecontaining chamber in communication with the orifices, a hollow valve rotating in said chamber and having a plurality of spirallyarranged ports for registering with the orifices, a conduit for supplying adhesive to the chamber, a piston located in the chamber reciprocating across the mouth of the conduit, a cam on the stem of the valve, connections between the cam and the piston, a gear for rotating the valve, and a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism for operating the gear, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLU F TYBERG. J OSEPH G. O. MANTLE.

i/Vitnesses:

SYDNEY I. Pnnsoo'rir, A. A. V. BOURKE. 

